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Hidalgo County continues exploring animal shelter alternatives

Hidalgo County leaders moved one step closer to potentially severing the county’s decades-long relationship with Palm Valley Animal Society by approving an amendment to an animal control center feasibility study.

Veterinarians offer free clinic this week in Willacy County

Some time back, Raymondville’s vibrant business community had a little bit of everything. Residents said the locals took their pets and some of their farm animals to the two full-time veterinarians in town.

Willacy County man charged with murder following fatal Saturday shooting

A Willacy County man had charges against him upgraded to murder after one of the victims he allegedly shot was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to a news release from the county’s sheriff’s office.

Brownsville police arrest suspect accused of stabbing man in wheelchair

A Brownsville man is in police custody after he “walked up to and stabbed” a 45-year-old resident who uses a wheelchair, according to Brownsville Police Department’s Public Information Officer Martin Sandoval.

Police launch manhunt for suspect in Edinburg man’s death

Edinburg police are searching for the suspect in the overnight shooting death of a 32-year-old man, whose body was found inside a vehicle on Garfield Avenue early Sunday morning.

14-year-old arrested for robbing Dollar General at knifepoint in San Benito

A 14-year-old teen is in police custody after being suspected of robbing a Dollar General in San Benito at knifepoint, authorities said Saturday.

Missing goat craze has Willacy County area on the hunt as rewards mount

Somewhere in the Rio Grande Valley there's a goat wandering around, probably scared but completely oblivious of the furor it has caused the greater South Texas area.

Split Harlingen city commission stops housing development

HARLINGEN — After about two weeks of debate, a group of homeowners has won its battle to keep a proposed $2 million development including rental homes out of the city’s fast-growing west side.

TEA looking for board of managers candidates for potential La Joya ISD takeover

The Texas Education Agency on Wednesday posted candidate applications for a board of managers at La Joya ISD, moving the district closer to state intervention that it plans to oppose.

DHR Health to host athletic management seminar in Edinburg

DHR Health will be hosting an athletic management seminar next week, a first of its kind for the upper Rio Grande Valley.